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All I see are governments creating a vast global market for encryption of EVERYTHING. The more people feel threatened, and react through encryption, matters sta
by Aelinsaar 11y ago
All I see are governments creating a vast global market for encryption of EVERYTHING. The more people feel threatened, and react through encryption, matters start to become really difficult if you want to spy on anyone.
- bobwaycott 11y agoAnd yet that provides just the right set of circumstances to push hard for laws that outlaw it or demand companies be able to bypass it.
- mancerayder 11y agoThat, or it creates a nervous impetus in the authorities to pass those laws before more sophisticated encryption and adoption move faster than they can respond to it.
- Aelinsaar 11y agoIt's an arms race where the only thing that really matters is sheer numbers of minds working on the problem. It's hard to beat the latest and greatest highly motivated teenager after all, when there are hundreds of millions of them, and your track record needs to be perfect.
- Aelinsaar 11y agoAll it takes is one country not playing along with that, producing encryption software without backdoors, and they make... all of the money.